Economic Data Analyst
Realtor.com is looking for an Economic Data Analyst on the Economic Research team with very strong analytic and problem-solving ability, skills to extract information from large datasets, and expertise in delivering findings to the economics team, media, other internal stakeholders, and the industry. The purpose of this role will be to extract & analyze real estate data and deliver insights to the team and its stakeholders.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Work with the Economic, Corporate Communications, and News & Insights teams to extract accurate and timely data and trends on residential real estate, using Move’s proprietary data, as well as relevant demographic and economic third-party sources
- Work directly with the Corporate Communications team to provide data and analysis in response to incoming media requests
- Help extract and analyze property level and aggregated data on inventory, sales, and other market statistics to track new and ongoing housing market trends
- Help maintain analytical and visual content on realtor.com/research Provide supporting content for market reports, management and performance reports (i.e. OKR trackers), interviews, presentations and articles Support the Research team with relevant data, insights, and commentary
- Collaborate on data projects with other analysts and researchers in the Economics team, as well as other data teams across the company
- Collaborate with third party data teams on topical research projects
- Lead short-fused research projects and deliver results under time constraints
- Keep up with economic and housing market trends by monitoring relevant news sources, and contribute to the roadmap of ideas for future analyses
Education, Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor degree in statistics, economics, commerce, computer science or related area.
- 2+ years of experience in business/data analysis and economic research. Or equivalent through internships
- Expertise in extracting data and communicating findings clearly to non-technical audiences in timely fashion
- Familiarity with SQL and reporting tools such as Tableau Strong investigative skills, data intuition, and attention to detail
- Comfort manipulating, blending and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources
- Experience working with Census, Nielsen or similar demographic data, economic time series is a big plus
- Experience extracting and analyzing big data is a big plus Working knowledge of a common statistical program such as SAS, SPSS, eViews, Stata or R is a nice to have
- Demonstrated passion for learning new technologies, and deriving insights
- Ability to work in an ambiguous, dynamic, and often fast-paced environment
- Comfortable working in a collaborative / team-based approach
- Comfortable with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; ability to create and present
- Ability to manage tasks/projects to required deadlines in a changing environment
- Outstanding communication skills (both verbal and written)
About realtor.com
At realtor.com®, we believe that everyone deserves a home of their own. We’re a community of nearly 2,000 employees who work hard to ensure that from the moment someone starts dreaming about a new home, to the moment they walk in the door and beyond, we’re there to lend a helping hand. Every month, over 85 million people trust us with their journey home by visiting our site and mobile apps, and we’d love to have you join our team to help.
We’ve got great offices in the U.S. and Canada with lots of sweet jobs to choose from, so we’re hoping you’ll join us on our journey to make buying, selling, renting, and living in homes easier and more rewarding for everyone.
Let’s make a difference, together. For Real.